Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 792 - 793: 60s Siheyuan 41_1

Chapter 792: Chapter 793: 60s Siheyuan 41_1

Everyone was shocked to see Sha Zhu lying on the ground, struggling several times but failing to get up.

Before this, they had often considered whether it would be Sha Zhu or Zhang Yu who would win the contest.

Everyone knew that Zhang Hao used to train Zhang Yu and her siblings in martial arts, but in their eyes, it was all just for show.

Even a few days ago when she had given the Jia mother and son a harsh beating, people thought the Jias didn’t take the matter seriously, which was why Zhang Yu was able to overpower them easily.

But now, the truth told them that Zhang Yu’s combat ability was indeed incredibly fierce.

She had beaten Sha Zhu without him having any chance to fight back, and this was in less than five minutes since the contest had begun.

In those five minutes, Sha Zhu had not managed to counterattack even once, either being thrown over the shoulder or kicked to the ground.

At the beginning, Sha Zhu kept taunting, "I’m just letting you have a head start, I can’t let you dominate the whole time."

"Zhang Yu, I’ve given you enough respect, and now you’re just taking advantage of it."

Towards the end, Sha Zhu started to run in circles, just to keep Zhang Yu from catching up and then beating him up again.

If it were a normal day, a girl like Zhang Yu would not be able to run as fast as Sha Zhu, but it doesn’t help that someone has just given Sha Zhu a severe beating, rendering his speed negligible.

"Sha Zhu, get up, didn’t you say you were very formidable?" Zhang Yu looked down condescendingly at Sha Zhu lying on the ground.

"Didn’t you always claim to be the Courtyard House War God, unbeatable even by my dad? Get up."

"Let’s continue fighting." Zhang Yu beckoned to Sha Zhu with her fingers, signaling that they could continue.

Sha Zhu, looking at Zhang Yu bearing down on him, remembered how he used to beat up Xu Damao, where even when Xu was down, he wouldn’t hesitate to throw a few more punches or kicks.

It couldn’t be that Zhang Yu was planning to do the same, could it? Thinking this, Sha Zhu rolled away on the ground.

"I admit defeat, I admit defeat," Sha Zhu shouted loudly.

Yi Zhonghai snapped out of his shock and stepped in front of Sha Zhu, "Zhang Yu, Sha Zhu has admitted defeat."

"So?" Zhang Yu pushed past Yi Zhonghai, "Sha Zhu, you know you can’t beat me. You know what to do in the future."

Sha Zhu didn’t want to say it, but he had no choice. If he didn’t, Zhang Yu would definitely not let him off.

"I... I won’t scoff at you anymore. I surely won’t bully you, and I won’t speak ill of Uncle Zhang."

Sha Zhu kept making promises, "I’ll definitely stay out of trouble."

"Remember that, and also, don’t give the boxed meals you get back to the Jia Family. You’re eating yourself into a pig."

"Give them to your sister, Yu Shui has become so thin."

"Didn’t Yi Zhonghai tell you to look out for those in the Courtyard House who are struggling? There are so many people having a hard time."

"Did you get that?" Now, there’s hardly any personal favors, but once there are, Sha Zhu would certainly take the meal boxes home.

Then wouldn’t it benefit the Jia Family again? Zhang Yu was quite straightforward; she despised the Jia Family and would definitely not agree with Sha Zhu giving them any favors.

No matter how many times Sha Zhu brought meal boxes to the Jia Family, Lady Jia Zhang and Bang Geng, upon seeing him being completely dominated by Zhang Yu, all praised the spectacle.

In the past few days, since Sha Zhu hadn’t brought any meal boxes back, the Jia family had great dissatisfaction with him.

And now, Zhang Yu was even forcing Sha Zhu not to give any boxed meals to the Jia Family in the future.

Upon hearing this, Lady Jia Zhang became anxious, "Why can’t he give them to my family?"

"Just because you’re all fat, fat as pigs."

"It was Yi Zhonghai who said you’re having a hard time, so let him bear the burden, after all, he still expects Jia Dongxu to provide for his old age. If he doesn’t pay now, when will he?"

"Some people raise a son to support them in their old age, bringing them up from childhood to adulthood. How much money and effort does that take?"

"Yi Zhonghai wants to get a caretaker for his old age without any effort?"

"That’s too much, isn’t it? You can’t expect to enjoy the final fruits of victory without giving anything."

Zhang Yu had always been curious, given that Yi Zhonghai and his wife had no children, why didn’t they just adopt one.

You have to know, during the times of turmoil, many children were orphans; adopting a child back then would mean by now the child would be around fifteen or sixteen, almost ready to work and earn money in a few years.

Perhaps just as some people analyzed, Yi Zhonghai didn’t want to adopt a child for fear that the child wouldn’t turn out well, and he also didn’t want to make the investment.

He just thought that when the time came, he would choose one from the children in the Courtyard House, like now with Jia Dongxu, and after Jia Dongxu’s death, he chose Sha Zhu.

In his past life, Yi Zhonghai’s plan was perfectly executed, with Sha Zhu taking care of the three Stewards in their old age.

But in this lifetime, Yi Zhonghai hoped someone would provide for him in his old age, but it truly wasn’t an easy task to accomplish.

Now, everyone already had a pretty good idea about Yi Zhonghai’s schemes and had the best explanation for some of his behaviors.

"Right, right, since Master Yi’s salary is high and he has no family burdens, it’s only normal that he gives a bit of money to Jia Dongxu’s family every month so that Jia Dongxu can provide for him later."

"Exactly, some people donate generously because they expect Jia Dongxu to take care of them in their old age. We can’t possibly expect Jia Dongxu to provide for us too, can we?"

Not to mention, with a temperament like Lady Jia Zhang’s, would she even agree to let Jia Dongxu provide for them?

Mentioning ’providing for old age’ once to the left and again to the right - such talk really infuriated Lady Jia Zhang.

With hands akimbo, she declared, "Dream on if you think my son will take care of you in your old age."

"How could you have the nerve to contribute just peanuts?"

"I’m ashamed for you," Lady Jia Zhang bluntly despised those neighbors who donated less than a yuan each time.

"You’re just a bunch of paupers, donating so little money." Lady Jia Zhang did nothing but call them paupers in her retorts.

Yi Zhonghai really had a headache. People were already harboring great resentment and dissatisfaction with the donations to the Jia Family, and yet Lady Jia Zhang still had such an attitude, how could people not get angry?

"Lady Jia Zhang, shut your mouth." What an incompetent nuisance she was. He truly regretted why he had chosen Jia Dongxu in the first place.

Dongxu was a good kid, but then you couldn’t stand having to deal with Lady Jia Zhang, who was a real headache.

Lady Jia Zhang listened to no one, least of all Yi Zhonghai. Now, everyone was criticizing her, telling her to stop taking money from paupers if she was so capable.

Qin Huairu watched Lady Jia Zhang single-handedly confronting many people from the Courtyard House and felt helpless.

She didn’t refrain from trying to stop her just now, but what she got in return was a tirade of abuse.

"If you’re unhappy with the donations, you can go to the street office. Such donations have to be reported to the street office."

"Otherwise, it’s illegal donations, and you’ll be the one in bad luck."

"Moreover, if the Jia Family is proven to be wealthy, not only do the previous donations need to be returned, but they might also have to undergo re-education based on the family’s financial situation."

Of course, whether it goes that way or not depends on who’s handling the issue.

What? Lady Jia Zhang hadn’t expected the problem to be so severe and was suddenly stupefied.